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[puck-ball alleged syn. of puff-ball 1, puckfist 1: app. a misprint in Bailey's Folio.
[1708Kersey, Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust. So1721–Bailey (octavo).] 1730Bailey (folio), Puck-ball, Puck-fist, a Kind of Mushroom full of Dust. 1755Johnson, Puckball or puckfist (from puck the fairy, a fairy's ball). Hence in mod. Dicts. ] |